HID Global announced the expansion of its pivCLASS product portfolio with a family of credential authentication solutions that enables customers to comply with government physical access control mandates.

The pivCLASS suite now incorporates a family of software solutions from Codebench, part of HID Global, with HID’s pivCLASS Authentication Module, readers and credentials that offer a solution for compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive -12 and FIPS 201 to PIV-enable a physical access control system.

The pivCLASS Government Solutions portfolio supports credential verification of FIPS 201-based credentials — PIV, PIV-I, CAC, CIV, TWIC, FRAC — and physical access control registration into more than 30 different physical access control system head end products. The portfolio enables government agencies to comply with FIPS 201 requirements by leveraging their existing technology and eliminating the need to rip and replace systems.

The portfolio includes pivCLASS hardware and software that can be used independently or in conjunction with each other to create a complete PIV-enabled access control system. The integrated product family includes:

pivCLASS Certificate Manager: Re-validates the harvested certificates after registration and can suspend credential in the physical access control system if the certificate has been revoked by the agency that issued it.

pivCLASS Authentication Module: A small embedded computer with pre-loaded, updatable firmware that can be installed between readers and the existing physical access control system panel. The authentication module conducts PIV cardholder credential validation as cards are presented to readers.

pivCLASS Reader Services: Configures the authentication level to be used with each pivCLASS Authentication Module.